VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2016-1019
Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 22.5%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2016.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 22.49% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Affected
- adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/flash player · adobe/air desktop runtime · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1019
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.htmlBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.htmlBroken Link
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.htmlBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.htmlBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.